Mining Program | NIOSH Research Programs | CDC
This page describes the Mining Program's research priorities, accomplishments, and future direction.
Mining | Special Issue : Recent Advances in Underground Mine …
Interests: data-driven mine optimization; simulation of mining systems; application of real options in engineering design and decision making; optimizing the operational energy efficiency in mines Special Issues, Collections and Topics in …
Mining
Mining - Prospecting, Exploration, Resources: Various techniques are used in the search for a mineral deposit, an activity called prospecting. Once a discovery has been made, the property containing a deposit, called the prospect, is explored to determine some of the more important characteristics of the deposit. Among these are its size, …
Mining | Definition, History, Examples, Types, Effects, & Facts
Mining, process of extracting useful minerals from the surface of the Earth, including the seas. A mineral, with a few exceptions, is an inorganic substance occurring in nature that has a definite chemical composition and distinctive physical properties or molecular structure. (One organic
Understanding the impacts of mining on local environments …
J-WAFS researchers Scott Odell, a visiting researcher in MIT's Environmental Solutions Initiative, and John Fernández, a professor in MIT's Department of Architecture, are examining climate change, copper mining, and desalination, and their environmental and social impacts on Indigenous communities, glaciers, and agriculture …
Operations research and data mining
In this paper, we present a survey of operations research and data mining, focusing on both of the abovementioned intersections. The discussion of the use of operations research techniques in data mining focuses on how numerous data mining problems can be formulated and solved as optimization problems.
Mining | Free Full-Text | Maximizing Mining Operations: …
On the one side, the operational expenses of mining enterprises are showing an upward trend; and on the other side, conventional mining fleet management systems (FMSs) are falling short in addressing the high-dimensionality, stochasticity, and autonomy needed in increasingly complex operations. These major drivers for change …
What does a mining and geological engineer do?
A mining and geological engineer specializes in the study, design, and management of mining operations and geological projects. These engineers play an important role in the extraction of minerals, metals, coal, and other valuable resources from the Earth's crust while ensuring safety, efficiency, and environmental responsibility.
Introduction: Managing Large-Scale Mining Operations
A maximum flow formulation of a multi-period open-pit mining problem. Operations Research International Journal, 1–10. Google Scholar Asad, M. W., & Topal, E. (2011, November). Net present value maximization model for optimum cut-off grade policy of open pit mining operations.
Integrating renewable energy into mining operations: …
Integrating renewable energy into mining operations: Opportunities, challenges, and enabling approaches. ... mining processes vary depending on the type of mineral produced and the possibilities for renewable resources at the mine site. Further research could focus on identifying specific opportunities, technologies, and …
Integrating renewable energy into mining operations: …
There is an emerging body of literature on how the mining industry might integrate more renewable energy into its operations, classified as follows: (i) literature …
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, optimization and simulation, in particular, have been applied to both surface and underground mine ...
Operations research for mining: A classification and …
In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies …
Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A …
Literature reviews on the use of operations research in mining in general (e.g., [3][4][5]), and underground mining in particular [6], indicate that: while there is a wealth of research in the ...
Global mining footprint mapped from high-resolution …
A global map of mining land use which utilizes high-resolution satellite data shows the growing scale of mine activities across countries and highlights widespread overlap with protected areas.
Operations research for mining: A classification and literature review.
In this paper, we describe the main processes and operations in mining industries and present a comprehensive survey of operations research methodologies that have been applied over the last ...
Integrated operations in mining Industry | Deloitte Insights
According to Deloitte's internal research, the foundation of integrated operations thinking was built about 60 years ago, but the mining industry only began pursuing these concepts in the past decade.
Review A review of sustainable mining and resource …
This paper provides a review of existing research literature and thought on sustainability in mining of non-fuel minerals. A common sustainable mining framework …
Review of GIS-Based Applications for Mining: Planning, Operation…
In this study, geographic information system (GIS)-based methods and applications utilized for mine development were reviewed. Three types of GIS-based studies, namely studies on mine planning, operation, and environmental management, were examined to describe the role of GIS as a decision-making support tool in mine development. This review was …
Underground Robots: How Robotics Is Changing the Mining …
Mischo and his colleagues currently are testing the combination of robotics and IoT at the Reiche Zeche Living Mine, a research and training mine at the Freiberg University of Mining and ...
Mining | An Open Access Journal from MDPI
The research cooperation was founded by the city of Gronau, the citizens' initiative cavern field Epe, the company EFTAS, Münster, and the Research Center of Post-Mining at the Technische Hochschule Georg Agricola, Bochum. This research cooperation is the first in Germany to involve direct collaboration between science and the public.
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Several decades of literature on optimization and simulation applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long-and short-term production scheduling, equipment selection, and dispatching are reviewed. Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, …
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning | Interfaces
A systematic review of artificial intelligence and data-driven approaches in strategic open-pit mine planning. Exact algorithms for production planning in mining …
Mining and the sustainable development goals: Prioritizing …
Inability to ensure sustainable mining practice has brought the awareness that mining enterprises must be more pragmatic on achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in their operations. This research propose a new approach to select and prioritize relevant targets to the industry, which will allow companies, communities, and …
Assessing impacts of mining: Recent contributions from GIS …
We review the use of GIS and remote sensing to analyse the impacts of mining on water, land, society and economy. • Analyses have emphasised and delineated land use and related impacts far more than socio-economic impacts.
(PDF) Underground mining Methods
PDF | Underground Mining Methods; Soft rock Mining Methods; Blast mining; Shortwall mining;Coal Skimming (or Sink and Float) method; Hard rock Mining... | Find, read and cite all the research you ...
(PDF) Mining and the Sustainable Development Goals: A Systematic
Inability to ensure sustainable mining practice has brought the awareness that mining enterprises must be more pragmatic on achieving the sustainable development goals (SDGs) in their operations ...
Integrating Renewable Energy into Mining Operations
The mining industry is a major source of raw materials for several industries such as manufacturing, transportation, construction, energy, and mining industry itself.
A Review of Operations Research in Mine Planning
Applications of operations research to mine planning date back to the 1960s. Since that time, optimization and simulation, in particular, have been applied to both surface and underground mine planning problems, including mine design, long-and short-...
Operations Research in Underground Mine Planning: A Review
We review many such decision-making models here and refer the reader to Chowdu et al. (2020), which provides a recent, comprehensive review of underground …
Evidence of the impacts of metal mining and the effectiveness of mining
On the impacts of mining. Mining activities, including prospecting, exploration, construction, operation, maintenance, expansion, abandonment, decommissioning and repurposing of a mine can impact social and environmental systems in a range of positive and negative, and direct and indirect ways.
Operations research for mining: A classification and …
This paper bridges the gaps in the literature and motivates researchers to develop more applicable, realistic and comprehensive operations research models and solution techniques that are...
Review of Mathematical Models Applied in Open-Pit Mining
The major optimisation problems found in surface mining operations are ultimate pit limit problem, cut-off grade optimisation and open pit production scheduling. ... Operation Research (OR) is a mathematical science commonly applied to optimisation problems that are concerned with improving the performance of a real-world system.
Productivity in mining operations: Reversing the …
Productivity in mining operations: Reversing the downward trend A new metric shows just how far mining productivity has declined. It also points to ways to improve productivity more effectively. Worldwide mining operations are as much as 28 percent less productive today than a decade ago, according to new McKinsey research.